The Bully of bentonville : how the high cost of wal-mart's everyday low prices is hurting America / Anthony Bianco
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TextPublication details: New York : Currency, 2006Description: xi, 320p, 24cmISBN: - 0385513569
- 381.1490973 BIA
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The definitive portrait of the juggernaut that is reshaping American, The Bully of Bentonville exposes the zealous, secretive, small-town mentality that rules Wal-Mart and chronicles its far-reaching consequences. In a gripping, richly textured narrative, Anthony Bianco shows how Wal-Mart has driven down retail wages throughout the country, even as their substandard pay and meager health-care policy have led to a double-digit employee turnover; why their aggressive expansion inevitably puts locally owned stores out of business; and how their pricing policies have forced suppliers to outsource work and move thousands of jobs overseas. Their power even influences what Americans can read, watch, and listen to; in the name of protecting its customers, Wal-Mart bans 'racy' magazines and insists on sanitized versions of popular DVDs and CDs.
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